News from November 2018
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: For Immediate Release Contact: DHS S&T Press Office, (202) 254-2385 MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA —Technology start-ups will learn about a new opportunity to collaborate with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on combating counterfeit and forged documentation. The DHS Science and Technology Directorate ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 30, 2018 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that households in three California counties have been approved to receive Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP) benefits. D-SNAP will be offered in parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties due ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: (Washington, D.C., Nov. 30, 2018) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today issued the following statement regarding the signing of the new trade pact, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), replacing the outdated North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA): “I have often said ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that the Office of Justice Programs’ (OJP) Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded more than $16.7 million in Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program (AEAP) funding to aid survivors of the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker made the announcement in a speech to state, local, and federal law enforcement in Cincinnati this morning.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: A Bangladeshi national residing in Monterrey, Mexico, was arrested yesterday on arrival at George Bush Intercontinental Airport to face a criminal indictment issued in the Laredo Division of the Southern District of Texas for his role in a scheme to smuggle aliens from Mexico into the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: A former employee with the U.S. Department of Justice pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to deceive banks in the United States about the source and purpose of millions of dollars sent from overseas to finance a lobbying campaign on behalf of foreign interests, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a civil forfeiture action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to forfeit and recover more than $73 million in funds associated with an international conspiracy to defraud U.S. financial institutions and to launder funds ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: A Western Michigan man was sentenced in federal court to 30 months in prison for his role in a dog fighting conspiracy based in the surrounding counties of Grand Rapids. His sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Roberto Dip and Jason Handal pleaded guilty today in Miami, Florida, for their roles in orchestrating a nationwide conspiracy to fix prices for international freight forwarding services, marking the first convictions in this investigation, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: A former Davidson County, Tennessee judge was sentenced today to 44 months in prison, restitution of $18,000 and a forfeiture of $13,500 for obstruction of justice, witness tampering, and stealing money from an organization receiving federal funds, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Don Cochran for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Fed Newswire | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced plans to recognize the exemplary work of Federal Reserve System staff with the presentation of a newly created Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Community Development.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) of the Department of Commerce awarded over $13 million to 35 projects in communities across the country. The grants, which are part of MBDA’s new Broad Agency Announcement initiative, reflect critical Department of Commerce priorities including space commerce, aquaculture, disaster relief, and entrepreneurship efforts.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: PALATINE, IL ‒ The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Manuel Gallardo – operator of Palatine, Illinois-based Gallardo’s Construction Services Inc. – for exposing roofers to fall hazards. OSHA proposed penalties totaling $190,314. This is the 11th time since 2016 that OSHA has cited this company for fall hazards.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC– The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) today announced three directives aimed at establishing an opinion letter process and enhancing OFCCP’s Help Desk, establishing a process to resolve compliance evaluations at the earliest stage possible with corporate-wide compliance, and clarifying the Agency’s compliance review procedures.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 30, 2018
News Release: COLUMBUS, IN – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana has ordered the fiduciaries of the Dorel Juvenile Group Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan to pay restitution of $145,635 to 596 employees of the Dorel Juvenile Group Inc.’s California, Indiana, and Massachusetts facilities who paid a tobacco use surcharge as part of their medical insurance premium.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 30, 2018
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 30, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 30, 2018
The US Commerce Department published a six page proposed rule on Nov. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
